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Dear Parents and Friends of OLSH School

Community,

Over the past few weeks Libby Banks and I

have been conducting the 2017 prep

interviews. I must admit that while it is time

consuming, it is a pleasurable part of the job.

It is always exciting to meet new families and

new children as they begin their education journey at OLSH. It is

also great to meet the younger siblings who you see at school

functions who are glad that they are finally able to come to school

and stay!

The first question we always ask is, ‘Why do you want to come to

OLSH?’ The answers are varied but the most common thing that

we keep hearing is the reputation of the school, the good teachers

that we have here, the community and feeling of acceptance for

everyone and the quality of the children that the school produces.

The tour of Prep, and for some families of the whole school facility,

only reinforces the “positive vibe” that our school produces.

Since writing the last newsletter some of the great things that I

have seen happening at OLSH include;

• The fantastic response to the fitness club every Friday

morning from the children and staff.

• The welcome the children give and share to new enrolments

who

are not only new to OLSH but also the country.

• The dedication and enthusiastic efforts of all the children in

the cast for the musical Porridge

• Finally, children and teachers working diligently in the

classroom in

an atmosphere of mutual respect for one another.

Forgive me if I sound like I am bragging, but over the past month I

have been so proud to be part of OLSH. It is easy to see why so

many people want to come to our school. I know that I have said it

before but OLSH is a great place to be.

God Bless,

John

TERM 2 WEEK 7 • 2016

2017 Prep Enrolments

We are currently busy finalising offers for Prep for 2017. We still have siblings of current families who are

coming into the office applying for enrolment. If your child is eligible for Prep in 2017 (i.e. born between 1

July 2011 and 30 June 2012) please ensure that your application is in as soon as possible. Also if you know

anyone else who is considering OLSH for Prep, please remind them to apply ASAP.

Staff News

Linda Le was the successful applicant for the Tuckshop Convenor position while Zena Vincent continues

her sick leave.

Linda is a member of our school community with children in Year 1 and Prep and has been a frequent

volunteer on tuckshop. She has had experience in the food industry and dealing with customers as well as

working with children. She commenced last week working with Michelle Marshall for the rest of the week

with a gradual transition the following week. We welcome Linda to the staff of OLSH.

We thank Michelle for assisting us during the first few weeks of this term.

Please keep Zena in your thoughts and prayers as she continues with her treatment on Monday.

School Fees

Thank you to those people who have finalised their school fees account for May. They are due this Friday.

Please assist us in meeting our financial commitments. If there are any queries about your account please

contact me. June fees will be sent home in the last week of May.

Year 6 Camp

Last week the Year 6 children attended their Leadership Camp at Emu Gully. There is a more detailed

report elsewhere in the newsletter. I really enjoyed my time with the Year 6’s. It was particularly pleasing to

hear the Emu Gully staff talk so positively about our children and special mention of the support they gave

one another. Special thanks to the staff members who gave off their time to accompany the children; Sr

Sue, Anna Tuttiett, Jessica Warnick, Brendan Ward, Damien Williams and Libby Banks. Thanks for your

efforts.

Musical Tickets Sales

Tickets for the School Musical on Thursday and Friday nights, the 9th and 10th of June are now on sale in

the undercover area before school and in the school office at other times. They are selling fast and I am

anticipating will all be sold early next week. Please don’t miss out on what will be a great celebration of our

children’s artistic abilities.

Due to the licence agreement of the musical that I was required to sign, no filming/videoing of the production

may take place.

The school producers of the musical are requesting that no photographs be taken during the musical. The

main reason is that the flashes from photos disrupts the smooth operation of the musical and will affect the

performance of the children. There are also issues with the publication of photographs from the

performance being placed on social media without proper consent.

We will be having an official photographer taking photos during the night that parents will be able to select

after the musical. We are also planning to have the musical filmed during the night, which will be available

for people after the musical. Full details in the next newsletter. I ask that people respect the decision about

photographs for the musical and refrain from taking photographs of the musical.

School Uniform – Jumpers

With cooler mornings we have seen the return of the school jumper.

In the past we have seen an excessive number of lost jumpers. This was particularly the case at the end of

Administration

the Winter in 2014 and early Winter 2015 things looked the same. Besides the frustration of this, a large

amount of time and money was wasted on lost jumpers.

A number of initiatives were introduced last year and this witnessed a drastic decrease in the amount of lost

jumpers. These will continue this year.

The children have been constantly reminded that the jumper needs to be on their back or in their bag. This

has been repeated continually and will continue to be enforced. Please remind your child of this.

I have informed our uniform shop convenor Dot Lawson that from now on every jumper that has been sold

is to be named BEFORE it leaves the uniform shop.

In the next few weeks the class teachers will be checking every child’s jumper. If there is no name on the

jumper they will be writing their name on it. If it is a second hand jumper the current owner’s name will be

written on the jumper.

We ask for your support in this area.

Action Teams Report

We recently had the Action Team meeting for Term 2. Each action team presented their report to the

meeting.

Learning Team – Parent Rep - David Gall, School Rep - Leanne Moran

The Learning team spoke about the following during the last meeting:

• Consistent Newsletter Term reports on what is happening in the learning in the classrooms

• More discussion on the Parent Portal redevelopment

• A possible date in Term 3 for a Visual learning information night has been looked at. Hope to be

confirmed by next meeting

• EDUTECH will be held 30th May. The Learning Team is looking at attending this event and has

welcomed other teams to come along with them.

Partnership team – Parent Rep - Cybele Koning, School Rep - Libby Banks

• Date has been set for the Vinnies Winter Ball - 6th August. BYO evening, parent’s only event with

Fashion Parade, Trivia and many fundraising activities. Looking at getting a DJ this year.

• Class contacts meeting will be the 26th May and the Team is going to ask the class contacts to

become involved with the Ball at this meeting and report back at the next partnership meeting on the

6th June. They want to build on the relationship between the two groups and promote each other

more.

• School Disco will be held on the 2nd September. The different time frames will stay in place for the

year groups and the $5 entry meal, drink, glow stick, zooper - dooper , price package will stay in

place. Looking for a theme for this event.

Faith Team – Parent Reps - Luisa Laughlin/ Rowan Hesse, School Rep - Linda Allen

• Main discussion item has been on the Mini Fair

• Mini Fair will be held on the last day of Term two with Games, Stalls, Food. Lots of chocolate and

wrapped lollies are needed for the prizes

• Tickets will be 50 cents. No money will be passed on the day making it easy for all the children.

• Mini Fair will start at 12 noon this year

Resources Team – Parent Rep - Nadine Dewberry, School Rep - John O'Connor

• A big thank you to the people who assisted with the Easter Raffle. $2,758.03 was raised.

• Mother’s Day stall was a great success. Thank you to everyone who assisted and $926.18 was raised

from this event.

Administration

• Fete date has been set for the 21st May, 2017

• Next meeting of the Resources team will be Wednesday 8th June. This meeting will discuss

advertising for Conveners and people to help run different stalls

• Still Holding date for the Family Photos

• A sausage sizzle and cake stall at the Jindalee Church will be held for the Federal elections -

2nd July 2016.

Administration

Dear Parents,

The season of Easter is now behind us, concluding with the great feast day of Pentecost. We have now

entered the season known as Ordinary Time. Besides the times of the year that have their own distinctive

character (Lent, Easter, Advent and Christmas) there remains a period of 33 or 34 weeks in which no

particular aspect of the mystery of Christ is celebrated but rather the mystery of Christ himself is honoured

in its fullness.

The question that had puzzled me since childhood is – Why call it Ordinary Time? So, I went to my good

friend, Mr Google and asked the same question. Here is one explanation.

Ordinary Time is called “ordinary” simply because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which

refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order.

Thus, Ordinary Time is in fact the ordered life of the Church. It’s appropriate, therefore, that the Gospel for

the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (which is actually the first Sunday in Ordinary Time) always features

either John the Baptist’s acknowledgment of Christ as the Lamb of God or Christ’s first miracle – the

transformation of water into wine at the wedding at Cana.

Thus for Catholics, Ordinary Time is the part of the year in which Christ, the Lamb of God, walks among us

and transforms our lives. That’s why there is nothing “ordinary” about Ordinary Time.”

So, let’s take the time to fully explore Ordinary Time and learn more about the time that Jesus spent on our

earth.

God bless and have a great week,

Linda Allen (APRE)

Blank Cards for Sale

Some time ago, some blank cards were kindly donated to the school and these are on sale at the Reception

Desk. There are 6 packs left and I would love to see them all sold before I leave the school. Please

consider buying one of these packs at $2 each. All proceeds will be given to Sr Sue to assist her pastoral

work.

Australian Mass books for children

A message similar to the one above – I have 5 of the above Mass books for sale at $10 each. They provide

an easy-to-follow text to assist young children at Mass. Again, I would like to have sold them all before the

end of the year.

Swimming Goggles and Swim Caps

My last advertisement! – I have a small number of swim goggles and swim caps for sale. The goggles are

$1 each and the swim caps are 50c each. Once again, I am hoping to sell all these before the end of the

term. Be ready for the next swim season and purchase now.

Mini-Fair

We are another week closer to the Mini-Fair. Thanks to all who have donated a fantastic array of books,

games, puzzles and toys. Any further donations are most welcome. From this point onwards, we are

seeking donations of chocolate bars (large and small) and multi-packs of wrapped chocolates and sweets.

Please check the specials at the supermarkets – we will need a lot of chocolate for prizes for the games

activities and for the Lucky Dip.

APRE News

VIRTUES Our next Virtues Assembly will be on Thursday June 2nd. Everyone is welcome.

Thoughts for the Journey Coming Home To My Centre

Steadfast Love,

enfold me with your equanimity.

Wrap me round with tender embrace.

Gather me under your sheltering wings.

Hold me in the nest of your abiding love,

for I am a scattered one today

in need of a strongly grounded centre.

Vision and Guidance,

direct my every step and action

in this day that is filled with activity.

Help my truest, most loving self

to shine through all I am and all I do.

Permeate my entire being

until I sing fully of your love.

Keep me close to your heart,

where I know I belong.

Direct me to you, my Centre,

where I find peace, harmony,

satisfaction, guidance,

all I need

to travel the path of life well.

Extract From “Prayers to Sophia” Joyce Rupp

Go Gently This Fortnight,

Sr Sue

Pastoral Care Worker

Pastoral Care

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Learning Corner

TUCKSHOP ROSTER

On 29 April, 18 students represented OLSH at the held at St Mark's Inala. These 18 students have been

training twice a week getting ready for the carnival and have all made significant improvements in their

times and fitness levels. Students had to run 2km (10 Years) or 3 km (11/12 Years). Of the 18 students, we

had 11 students in the top 20 for their age group - an outstanding achievement! Bernard Kalenda came 5th

in the 12 year boys age group, and will now represent the Inala District at the Met-West Cross Country

Carnival in Ipswich later this month. Whilst we didn't take out the School Trophy, if there had been an

award for Most Supportive Team, we would have won it for sure. The students all had a great day and

really motivated and encouraged each other over the finish line. Well done to all who participated!

The 10, 11, and 12 students have also commenced field events in the lead up to the which will be held on

Friday, 17 June. On Friday afternoons, they have been taking part in High Jump, Discus, Shot Put, Ball

Games and Running events. The points from these events are awarded to each House and also contribute

towards Age Champions. Children are also being selected from these events to represent the school at the

Inala District Athletics Carnival in Term 3.

The started last Friday 22 April and we had a magnificent turnout of over 100 students. Fitness Club runs

every Friday until 10 June and starts at 7:40am Students are split according to grade levels, depending on

numbers on the day. The purpose is for the children to participate in fitness games in a fun and stress-free

environment. Children must return the signed form to participate. All students MUST be wearing their

school hats for Fitness Club.

Tuckshop & Sports

DAY DATE TUCKSHOP BAKING CONDIMENTS

27/05/2016 Friday Simone Q Bonny Taylor-Goldsmith Jennifer Burns

30/05/2016 Mon Lee Keyhoe Nadine Dewberry Monique Burns

31/05/2016 Tues Alisha Curtis Rhiannon Goodings Joanne Colwell

1/06/2016 Wed Margaret Geering Juliet Fa'aui Helena Boyce

2/06/2016 Thur Ann-Maree Comerford Lee Keyhoe

3/06/2016 Fri Jennifer Charez Anne Bellert Kim Walker

6/06/2016 P/H

7/06/2016 Tues Leah Rea Emily Devries

8/06/2016 Wed Jane Nga Tran Alisha Curtis Lysandra Warren

9/06/2016 Thur Linda Le

10/06/2016 Fri Vivienne Tabet Lynn Mortensen Anne Bellert

CLASSROOM MUSIC

The Classroom Music award for the month of April goes to 5 Blue.

Congratulations 5 Blue :)

Music & ?

PREP

We have been very busy in Prep this last

fortnight. We have been learning the

sounds 'Dd' and 'Tt', making Dingle Dangle

Scarecrows, Dirty Dinosaurs and Turtles.

We have also been trying very hard to

sound out our own words to write

sentences. We have been playing lots of

sight word games and reading books with

our sight words in them. In Religion the

Preps have been learning about Jesus as

a little boy and the foods he would have

helped Mary to prepare. In Science we

have been observing the weather,

especially the clouds and learning lots of

new weather words. In Maths we have

been looking at longer/shorter and working

with 5's and 10's frames. We are looking

forward to Under 8's Day and the Teddy

Bear Doctors visiting us this week!

YEAR ONE

In Religion, we have been reading and

discussing stories relating to Mary, the

mother of Jesus. These stories include

‘The Annunciation’, ‘The Visitation’ and

‘The Birth of Jesus’. We highlighted the

significant people in these stories. In

Science, we investigated the properties of

uncooked spaghetti and how the

properties change once the spaghetti is

cooked in boiling water. As part of our

English focus, we have been looking at

fictional characters in some of the picture

books written by Julia Donaldson. We are

enjoying describing the appearance of

these characters using interesting

adjectives to describe nouns. One such

character is the Gruffalo. We are using

these descriptive words to help us write a

description about each main character. We

are also very busy practising our song for

the musical.

YEAR TWO

In English we have been looking at

antonyms, synonyms, conjunctions and

compound sentences. We are continuing

to read the BFG as well as Big Books by

Jill Eggleton as part of our shared reading

time. During this time we look for wow

words, rhyming words, nouns, verbs,

adjectives and all types of punctuation.

On Monday we celebrated the Feast Day

of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. We

celebrated Mass as a whole school and

enjoyed a shared lunch with our buddy

classes. As part of Design and

Technology we have looked at different

puppets. We discussed how they work and

what materials they were made from. The

children had fun making a paper puppet

face. They came up with some amazing

ideas. Morning Show is carried out with

much enthusiasm. We have heard some

beautiful prayers, funny jokes, interesting

facts and great clues.

YEAR THREE

The Year 3s were very pleased with their

efforts during the NAPLAN tests and felt

confident and happy about the tests. This

week the children had the opportunity to

participate in Reconciliation and we also

celebrated Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Feast Day Mass. We loved spending time

with our buddies over a shared lunch. In

HASS we have been learning the features

of mapping such as borders, orientation,

title and scale. We have been using our

atlas to locate neighbouring countries to

Australia. We are looking forward to

travelling to the Logan Entertainment

Centre to see the “52-Storey Treehouse”

LIVE.

YEAR FOUR

Science hit the fun factor this fortnight with

students testing gravitational force -

parachuting objects off balconies and

stairwells. Definitely more fun for some

than learning that fractions really are our

friend! How else are our wonderful Year

Fours going to know what is their fair

share of anything in life if they cannot do

the Maths - in this case calculating what is

the actual share - one half, one quarter,

one third, etc. The Year Four teachers are

reading some highly imaginative, and

sometimes scary, narratives as part of the

English term assessment and it is

noteworthy that some students are

carrying their religious education lesson

content on First Century Palestine over

into their narrative writing. In Humanities,

the students are each creating what is

essentially a tourism poster promoting

early 19th Century New Holland (Australia)

as a place for British families to migrate.

Interestingly, many students have had to

rethink their employment opportunities to

exclude becoming a bushranger. Who

knew so many 21st Century nine year olds

thought a bushranger was old world

language for today's environmental park

rangers! Many thanks to Year Four

parents for your support of the OLSH feast

day and working with your children in their

learning at home.

YEAR FIVE

Congratulations to all Year 5 students for

completing NAPLAN 2016 - you tried your

best and made your teachers very proud!

This week we have started rehearsing our

song "Once upon a crime" for the school

musical. In English, students have

continued working on their Caroline

Chisholm biographies and have started to

apply text connectives. Our focus in

Maths has been double-digit by double-

digit multiplication, applying these skills to

word problems and we have also explored

gross and net mass. Students have gained

further knowledge about Mary Mackillop

and have started working on creating a

collage to depict her life, values and

achievements. In Science students have

investigated scientific developments that

have contributed to everyday life, and in

H.A.S.S. students have continued to

explore the causes and impacts of floods.

In Design and Technology, students have

engaged in whole-class and small group

discussions on the key factors involved in

food preparation: food safety, personal

hygiene, sustainability and safe work

practices. Students have also observed

food preparation in various community

contexts and reported their positive and

negative findings. All Year 5 students

have been reminded of the importance of

organisation, time-management and a

positive attitude in their learning. The

KOOL KIDS program has been a fantastic

addition to the classroom - students have

started to recognise their strengths and the

power of positive self-talk.

YEAR SIX

Year 6 students attended camp from May

18th- 20th at Emu Gully at Helidon. All

OF THE FORTNIGHT

AWARDS

Prep R Maxx

Xzavier

Prep W Dan Nguyen

Charvik Gopathi

Prep B Jayden

Xerena

1R Taylor McCoy

Khang Nguyen

1W Mari-ana Bui

Wyatt Rogers

1B Lachlan Allen

Malia Blake

2R Madeline Comerford

Jakob Headridge

2W Sam Pippia

Ava Cheng

2B Cody Laughren

Jessica Gordon

3R Martin Fang

Issa-Mariah Fontanilla

3W Joseph Habchi

Mia Fleming

3B Ozzie Lawler

Tomiko Le

4R Joseph Hurley

Avalon Gardner

4W Hayley Buenvenida

Kim Pham

4B Johny Nguyen

Draven Vennix

5R Marissa Hanlon

Louis Muirhead

5W Michael Chalk

Benise Nishimwe

5B Duy Nguyen

Amani Sapolu

6R Oscar Gallagher-Douglas

Hao Le

Mia 1R

Malia 1B

Laila 1W

Layla 1W

Kian PR

Selina 2W

Zoey 3W

Isabela H 3W

1B

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